Fencing in AIDS : Gender, Vulnerability, and Care in Papua New Guinea

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org . In this vitally important book, medical anthropologist Holly Wardlow takes readers through a ten-year history of the AIDS epidemic in Tari, Papua New Guinea, focusing on the political and economic factors that make women vulnerable to HIV and on their experiences with antiretroviral therapy. Alive with the women’s stories about being trafficked to gold mines, resisting polygynous marriages, and struggling to be perceived as morally upright, Fencing in AIDS demonstrates that being female shapes every aspect of the AIDS epidemic. Offering crucial insights into the anthropologies of mining, ethics, and gender, this is essential reading for scholars and professionals addressing the global AIDS crisis today. "In her vitally important new book, medical anthropologist Holly Wardlow takes readers through a ten-year history of the AIDS epidemic in Tari, Papua New Guinea, focusing on the political and economic factors that make women vulnerable to HIV and their experiences of being on antiretroviral therapy. Alive with women's stories about being trafficked to gold mines, resisting polygynous marriages, and struggling to be perceived as morally upright, Fencing in AIDS demonstrates that being female shapes every aspect of the AIDS epidemic. Making crucial interventions into the anthropologies of mining, ethics, and gender, it is essential reading for scholars and professionals addressing global AIDS crises today"--Provided by publisher Cover 1 Half Title 4 Title Page 6 Copyright Page 7 Contents 8 List of Illustrations 10 Acknowledgments 12 Introduction: “We Are No Longer Fenced In” 14 1 “Rural Development Enclaves” 40 2 State Abandonment, Sexual Violence, and Transactional Sex 67 3 Love, Polygyny, and HIV 92 4 Teaching Gender to Prevent AIDS 115 5 Caring for the Self 136 6 “Like Normal” 161 Epilogue 182 Notes 190 References 194 Index 210